Abstract

Purpose

Materials and methods

Six ACDK patients with 7 RCCs underwent 11C-choline and FDG PET/CT, and contrast-enhanced CT before nephrectomy. Findings obtained with 3 imagings were evaluated and sensitivity detecting RCC was compared using 3-point grading scale (negative, equivocal, positive). The equivocal scale used for SUVmax ranged from 2.0 to 3.0 for PET/CT and a peak enhancement value ranging from 20 to 30 HU was used for CT.

Conclusion

11C-choline-PET/CT was more sensitive to detect RCC in ACDK as compared to FDG-PET/CT and contrast-enhanced CT in our series. FDG-PET/CT may be limited for detecting clear-cell RCC, while CT may have difficulty with detection of ACD-associated RCC.

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Compliance with ethical standards

Ethical approval

We clearly state that human participants have the approval of an appropriate named ethics committee including Helsinki declaration.

Conflict of interest

We declare no financial support or relationship that may pose conflict of interest. The authors confirm that this manuscript has not been published or presented elsewhere, in part or in entirety, and is not under consideration by any other journal. All authors have made substantial contributions to this work and have read and approved the final submitted version.